Does the ticking clock mean anything?
Bank of America analyst Jonathan Jacoby doesn't think so. He suggests that the FCC delayed starting the deal clock on the XM-Sirius merger to...
All systems go for Citadel-ABC Radio merger
Today's the day and it looks like all is in readiness for the long-planned merger of ABC Radio into Citadel Broadcasting. The Walt Disney...
Transactions 06-11-07
14M KOIT-AM San Francisco from Bonneville International Corporation (Bruce Reese) to IHR Educational Broadcasting (Douglas M. Sherman, Janet B. Sherman, Charles W. Day, Margaret...
P1 Selling launches to help radio sales
Training and mentoring new sales people are two key elements to increasing revenue and retaining sales leaders at any radio station. P1 Selling, launched...
Big 100 to air The Skins, too
The Washington Redskins will air their 2007 games on Clear Channel's Classic Rock WBIG-FM in addition to being broadcast on team owner Dan Snyder's...
Bonneville spins surplus AM
Having moved its News/Talk programming to FM and consolidated its Sports/Talk programming on a powerful AM signal, KTAR, in Phoenix, Bonneville was left with...
Citadel swaps out an AM
Here's one that's a bit on the unusual side. Citadel Broadcasting is doing a two market cash/swap deal with the Pearce family's Apex Broadcasting,...
FCC starts clock on satellite merger
It took a long time to get to the starting gate, but the FCC at the close of business Friday finally announced deadlines for...
Arbitron toppling dominoes
CL King analyst Jim Boyle says the dominoes appear to be falling faster than expected, since long-time holdout Cox Radio signed its deal for...
Rehr returns Karmazin fire
NAB President/CEO David Rehr has decided not to let Sirius Satellite Radio honcho Mel Karmazin's recent description of NAB activity go unanswered. Karmazin called...
MINI Now Offering HD Radio as Factory Installed Option
MINI USA is now offering a factory-installed digital HD Radio receiver as an option in the all-new 2007 MINI Cooper and Cooper S hardtops,...
Post ponders its own "Post Radio" ratings
The Washington Post penned an article yesterday on its "Washington Post Radio," a partnership with Bonneville in DC that uses rim-shotter WTWP-FM out of...
Kunin goes camping in Pine City
WCMP AM-FM has been sold. The Pine City MN combo is headed for Red Rock Radio Corporation, which is 85% owned a subsidiary of...
Mancow and Miller headline symposium
The annual Radio Symposium that Interep and Bear Stearns put on in NYC usually features a lot of Wall Street types, bankers, ad agency...
Revenues rebounded in April
It is hardly a robust rebound, but any up month is good news for radio. The RAB reports that local revenues rose 1% in...